Last year the opening match of the National Football League clashed with a speech by President Obama. But this year the opening game of the NFL has been moved to avoid a similar clash with an Obama acceptance speech.

The waiting is nearly over for the 2011 Academy awards and the prospect of some typically breathless speeches from tinsel-town. But at least one movie maker has already prepared a good impromptu speech…just in case.

This Colin Firth Golden Globe speech after he won the Best Actor award for his portrayal of King George VI in The King’s Speech. It’s a great acceptance speech with a masterful sense of timing and delivery.